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road continued, along th3 slope, rendered very bad, in some places, by- 

 intervening banks of rock. About eleven o'clock, the rain began to fall, 

 in a drizzling shower, and as it continued to increase, we baited, for 

 half an hour, in a small cave by the side of the road. After pursuing 

 our route, we arrived, in fifteen minutes, at a small village called Hdt\ 

 Hence we proceeded, over large stones, near the bed of the river, and, 

 in a few minutes, came opposite to a stream, called the Bundr Kadi^ 

 which falls into the Alacanandd from the S. E. Immediately above the 

 junction, is a Sangha, supported on two large fragments of rock, about 

 five or six feet above the water. At one o'clock, the rain descended in 

 a heavy shower^, which continued, with little intermission, till the evening. 



The road of to-day is considered, and justly so, the worst between 

 Srinagar and Bhadri-Ndt'h. Although great pains have been taken 

 to render it passable, it is still in need of much improvement ; and there 

 are some parts of it, which few people, unaccustomed to such passages^ 

 could traverse, without feeling some sensation of apprehension. The 

 hills, in general, bore a very barren appearance ; the lower ridges, which 

 were sheltered from the winds, were partially covered with verdure 

 and small trees ; while the higher ones produced only a few clumps of 

 the weeping fir. The tops., of the mountains, to the N. about five or six 

 miles distant, were completely covered with snow. For these three days 

 past, the change in the weather has been very perceptible ; as we 

 approached the hoary peaks, we found our warm cloathing absolutely 

 necessary. 



29th. Thkrm. 59. The morning cloudy, the wind sharp and piercing. 

 Marched to Bludn-JVdt'h ; lat 30° 42' 28" N. Long. So° 18' 22" E. 

 ■Our encampment was about two furlongs to the south of the town, nc2.x 



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